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Records set or equalled today

These records are based on data that is unchecked and are likely to pick up errors as well as true records. They are limited to data received as at 1332 EST on 18/09/2010. Help in interpreting these statistics and information on quality control is here.

District Site Today Previous monthly record Previous all time record
if equalled or broken 		Comments
Reading Reading Date Years Reading Date Years
Highest daily rainfall

NT

Victoria

014857

SUPLEJACK

32.5

31.4

12/09/1984

28

1 n

Highest minimum temperature

QLD

Central Coast E

033295

ALVA BEACH

23.9

23.9

05/09/2010

14

1 Equal to record. Previous record set earlier this month.

Lowest maximum temperature

WA

Interior

013011

WARBURTON AIRFIELD

12.6

14.7

03/09/2010

21

1 Previous record set earlier this month.

NT

Alice Springs

015502

ALI CURUNG

14.0

19.2

21/09/1993

21

1 P

NT

Alice Springs

015602

JERVOIS

14.8

15.9

12/09/1984

41

1

QLD

Central Highlands

035069

TAMBO POST OFFICE

13.4

14.3

22/09/1974

54

1

QLD

Channel Country

038000

BEDOURIE POLICE STATION

19.2

19.4

03/09/2008

13

1

QLD

Maranoa

043020

MITCHELL POST OFFICE

13.4

13.8

05/09/2007

40

1

QLD

Warrego

044021

CHARLEVILLE AERO

13.3

13.9

05/09/1979

69

1

Highest daily average wind speed - anemometer above 3m (km/h)

TAS

N Coast

091292

SMITHTON AERODROME

39.1

37.8

28/09/2009

13

1

TAS

Flinders Is/Bass St

099005

FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT

62.4

62.3

16/09/2010

14

1 Previous record set earlier this month.


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Summary of observations

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**S** and **W** precede data flagged by the Bureau as suspicious or wrong
Data is as received at 13:31EST, 18/09/2010.

Major centres
Max
° C 		+/- norm
° C 		Min
° C 		+/- norm
° C 		Grass Min
° C 		Rain to 9am mm Evaporation to 9am mm Sunshine hours Wind Run to 9am km (24-hour average km/h) Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
GERALDTON AIRPORT 25.7 +3.7 10.6 +1.3 7.1 0.0 7.0 -- 530 (22.1) 50/00
PERTH AIRPORT 21.8 +1.7 11.4 +2.5 9.8 0.0 7.4 10.9 781 (32.5) 63/01
ALBANY AIRPORT 16.4 -0.9 7.2 -0.8 3.7 0.2 3.4 6.6 509 (21.2) 43/11
BUNBURY 20.3 +2.1 9.8 +1.3 -- 0.0 -- -- 489 (20.4) 46/08
MANDURAH 22.2 -- 11.5 -- -- 0.0 -- -- 495 (20.6) 46/08
DARWIN AIRPORT 35.4 +2.9 23.8 +0.8 23.7 0.0 10.4 10.9 368 (15.3) 39/14
ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT 15.1 -12.2 9.0 -1.4 8.9 6.8 1.6 0.1 345 (14.4) 41/10
WHYALLA AERO 14.6 -6.9 10.2 +2.2 -- 0.2 -- -- 394 (16.4) 39/15
ADELAIDE (KENT TOWN) 15.1 -3.9 10.2 +0.5 9.0 0.0 3.8 -- 263 (11.0) 34/14
MOUNT GAMBIER AERO 13.8 -2.0 8.4 +2.1 7.2 0.0 3.6 3.9 418 (17.4) --
MOUNT ISA AERO 28.0 -3.2 16.3 +2.1 16.3 0.0 8.4 5.2 598 (24.9) 48/00
CAIRNS AERO 31.5 +3.5 21.4 +2.7 19.5 0.0 6.4 9.5 352 (14.7) 35/16
TOWNSVILLE AERO 30.5 +2.8 23.4 +6.1 21.1 0.0 8.0 9.3 418 (17.4) 43/23
MACKAY M.O 25.5 +0.3 21.7 +5.1 -- 0.0 -- 9.0 346 (14.4) 50/22
ROCKHAMPTON AERO 27.3 0.0 17.3 +3.7 16.0 0.0 6.2 -- 170 ( 7.1) 48/16
BUNDABERG AERO 23.9 -1.5 13.8 +0.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 267 (11.1) 39/16
NAMBOUR DPI 22.0 -2.9 16.0 +5.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
COOLANGATTA 23.3 +0.2 11.3 -2.1 -- 0.0 -- -- 167 ( 7.0) 35/12
BRISBANE AERO 20.7 -3.5 15.6 +2.9 14.0 0.0 6.8 1.0 432 (18.0) 39/01
TOOWOOMBA AIRPORT 13.9 -8.5 8.7 -1.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 530 (22.1) 39/10
GUNNEDAH RESOURCE CENTRE 15.7 -5.7 3.9 -4.6 1.5 0.0 3.4 -- 138 ( 5.8) --
COFFS HARBOUR MO 19.5 -2.4 8.3 -2.6 3.8 0.0 4.2 7.1 260 (10.8) 37/10
PORT MACQUARIE AIRPORT AWS 18.0 -4.5 8.0 -1.4 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
WILLIAMTOWN RAAF 18.8 -2.4 8.0 -1.0 6.0 0.0 -- 8.8 -- 46/04
GOSFORD (NARARA RESEARCH STATION) AWS 19.8 -1.5 4.8 -2.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 144 ( 6.0) 26/02
ORANGE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE 10.0 -4.0 -- -- -- -- -- 5.8 -- --
DUBBO AIRPORT AWS 14.4 -6.8 3.2 -3.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 373 (15.5) 43/09
SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO 18.4 -2.1 8.8 -1.5 4.2 0.0 6.4 11.2 733 (30.5) 46/00
RICHMOND RAAF 19.8 -2.9 2.2 -5.9 -- 0.0 -- -- 316 (13.2) 28/18
BELLAMBI AWS 16.7 -3.5 9.8 -2.7 -- 0.0 -- -- 596 (24.8) 54/02
CANBERRA AIRPORT 14.0 -2.2 2.4 -0.8 -1.0 0.0 -- -- -- --
WAGGA WAGGA AMO 13.9 -3.7 2.5 -2.6 -- 0.0 2.6 8.6 386 (16.1) 39/13
ALBURY AIRPORT AWS 14.3 -3.8 4.3 -1.6 -- 0.2 -- -- 358 (14.9) 39/15
MILDURA AIRPORT 16.5 -3.9 4.7 -2.7 0.6 0.0 2.8 10.8 314 (13.1) 30/09
TATURA INST SUSTAINABLE AG 14.5 -2.9 2.7 -2.7 -- 0.0 3.2 -- 433 (18.0) 41/10
BENDIGO AIRPORT 12.9 -3.9 3.1 -1.2 -- 0.0 -- -- 364 (15.2) 41/09
MELBOURNE REGIONAL OFFICE 14.9 -2.3 8.7 +0.8 6.3 0.6 3.6 -- -- --
GEELONG AIRPORT 14.9 -1.9 6.7 0.0 -- 0.6 -- -- 534 (22.3) 50/15
BALLARAT AERODROME 10.7 -3.2 4.5 -0.3 -- 1.0 -- -- 466 (19.4) 37/10
LAUNCESTON (TI TREE BEND) 15.7 +0.2 4.6 -0.5 -- 0.2 -- -- 357 (14.9) 50/03
HOBART AIRPORT 14.5 -0.8 4.2 -1.8 2.6 3.8 2.0 6.3 658 (27.4) 70/22
Max
° C 		+/- norm
° C 		Min
° C 		+/- norm
° C 		Grass Min
° C 		Rain to 9am mm Evaporation to 9am mm Sunshine hours Wind Run to 9am km Maximum Gust km/h / hour of occurrence
Hottest
Highest maximum temperature>Greatest variation above normal maximum Highest minimum temperatureGreatest variation above normal minimum

37.5 KOWANYAMA AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
37.5 MANGO FARM N Rivers NT
37.4 MIDDLE POINT AWS N Rivers NT
37.2 BRADSHAW N Rivers NT
36.9 DOUGLAS RIVER N Rivers NT

+7.6 : 31.9 CARNARVON AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+5.9 : 29.5 DENHAM W Gascoyne WA
+4.6 : 28.4 KALBARRI Central West WA
+4.4 : 30.0 SHARK BAY AIRPORT W Gascoyne WA
+4.3 : 25.4 JURIEN BAY Lower West WA

26.0 TROUGHTON ISLAND N Kimberley WA
25.9 COCONUT ISLAND N Peninsula QLD
25.8 PORT KEATS AERO N Rivers NT
25.7 WARRUWI N Rivers NT
25.3 HORN ISLAND N Peninsula QLD

+7.8 : 19.8 GASCOYNE JUNCTION W Gascoyne WA
+7.6 : 21.2 COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE Central Coast E QLD
+7.5 : 21.7 PROSERPINE AIRPORT Central Coast E QLD
+6.7 : 21.2 MACKAY AERO Central Coast E QLD
+6.5 : 19.9 TE KOWAI EXP STN Central Coast E QLD
Coldest
Lowest maximum temperatureGreatest variation below normal maximum Lowest minimum temperatureGreatest variation below normal minimum

-0.6 MT BAW BAW W Gippsland VIC
-0.3 MOUNT BULLER Upper NE VIC
2.2 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
2.2 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
2.7 MOUNT READ W Coast TAS

-18.3 : 14.0 ALI CURUNG N Plateau NT
-16.2 : 14.3 TERRITORY GRAPE FARM N Plateau NT
-15.7 : 13.5 YULARA AERO N Plateau NT
-15.4 : 14.4 YUENDUMU N Plateau NT
-15.3 : 14.9 BOULIA AIRPORT Channel Country QLD
-15.3 : 12.6 WARBURTON AIRFIELD Interior WA

-6.1 THREDBO AWS Snowy Mtns NSW
-6.0 MT HOTHAM Upper NE VIC
-5.2 FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
-5.0 MOUNT GININI AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
-4.9 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS

-6.5 : -0.7 SALMON GUMS RES.STN. Goldfields WA
-6.3 : 0.0 WILLOW GROVE (BLUE ROCK RESERVOIR) W Gippsland VIC
-6.0 : 3.5 PENRITH LAKES AWS Sydney--west NSW
-5.9 : 2.2 RICHMOND RAAF Sydney--west NSW
-5.7 : -0.1 NULLO MOUNTAIN AWS C Tablelands N NSW
Wettest
Sunniest & dullest
Windiest
Highest gusts
Todays highest rainfall totals for the 24 hours to 9am. It includes the top 5 totals nationally followed by all reported falls of 50mm or more.
Highest and lowest recordings of hours of sunshine for the 24 hours to midnight.
Highest wind run totals in kilometres for the 24 hours to 9am (average speed in brackets). All reported runs > =25km/h are shown.
Highest wind gusts in km/h for the 24 hours to midnight followed by the hour in which it occurred. All stations with gusts > 89km/h are shown.
34.2 WARRA W Coast TAS
32.5 SUPLEJACK N Rivers NT
29.2 ROSEBERY (GEPP STREET) W Coast TAS
28.4 HASTINGS CHALET Southeast TAS
25.2 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

11.2 SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
10.9 BROOME AIRPORT W Kimberley WA
10.9 PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
10.9 DARWIN AIRPORT N Rivers NT
10.8 LARRIMAH N Rivers NT
10.8 MILDURA AIRPORT Mallee N VIC

.....

0.1 GILES METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE Interior WA
0.1 ALICE SPRINGS AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.1 ADELAIDE AIRPORT Adelaide/Lofty SA
0.0 TENNANT CREEK AIRPORT N Plateau NT
0.0 WARWICK Darling Downs E QLD
0.0 STRATHGORDON VILLAGE W Coast TAS

 1983 (82.6) HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
1837 (76.5) CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
1658 (69.1) WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
1575 (65.6) CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
1525 (63.5) MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
1498 (62.4) FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT Flinders Is/Bass St TAS
1418 (59.1) MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
1338 (55.8) GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE E Gippsland VIC
1298 (54.1) LIAWENEE Central Plateau TAS
1242 (51.8) LOW HEAD N Coast TAS
1225 (51.0) HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
1112 (46.3) SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
1027 (42.8) TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
1002 (41.8) GREEN CAPE AWS South Coast NSW
977 (40.7) CAPE LEEUWIN Lower West WA
965 (40.2) SCOTTS PEAK DAM W Coast TAS
962 (40.1) CAPE OTWAY LIGHTHOUSE W Coast VIC
938 (39.1) SMITHTON AERODROME N Coast TAS
928 (38.7) KING ISLAND AIRPORT King Island TAS
917 (38.2) LUNCHEON HILL (FORESTRY) N Coast TAS
900 (37.5) SHEFFIELD SCHOOL FARM N Coast TAS
898 (37.4) BOMBALA AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
825 (34.4) WYNYARD AIRPORT N Coast TAS
817 (34.0) DEVONPORT AIRPORT N Coast TAS
814 (33.9) MOSS VALE AWS Illawarra NSW
801 (33.4) LORD HOWE ISLAND AERO Islands ISL
798 (33.3) STRAHAN AERODROME W Coast TAS
797 (33.2) EAST SALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
782 (32.6) GOULBURN AIRPORT AWS Goulburn/Monaro NSW
781 (32.5) PERTH AIRPORT Lower West WA
780 (32.5) COLAC (MOUNT GELLIBRAND) W Coast VIC
779 (32.5) MORWELL (LATROBE VALLEY AIRPORT) W Gippsland VIC
777 (32.4) PORT FAIRY AWS W Coast VIC
744 (31.0) MOUNT BOYCE AWS C Tablelands S NSW
736 (30.7) NEWCASTLE NOBBYS SIGNAL STATION AWS Hunter Valley NSW
733 (30.5) SYDNEY AIRPORT AMO Sydney--east NSW
727 (30.3) FALLS CREEK Upper NE VIC
720 (30.0) BAIRNSDALE AIRPORT W Gippsland VIC
719 (30.0) TUNNACK FIRE STATION Southeast TAS
710 (29.6) WILLIS ISLAND Islands ISL
679 (28.3) FRIENDLY BEACHES E Coast TAS
661 (27.5) EILDON FIRE TOWER N Central VIC
658 (27.4) HOBART AIRPORT Southeast TAS
654 (27.3) NORTH ISLAND Central West WA
652 (27.2) MELBOURNE AIRPORT E Central VIC
644 (26.8) EDDYSTONE POINT E Coast TAS
636 (26.5) HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS
632 (26.3) PEARCE RAAF Lower West WA
628 (26.2) JULIA CREEK AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
624 (26.0) CLONCURRY AIRPORT Gulf Country QLD
605 (25.2) ORBOST E Gippsland VIC
604 (25.2) ESSENDON AIRPORT E Central VIC
601 (25.0) CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP Northwest QLD
601 (25.0) CABRAMURRA SMHEA AWS SW Slopes S NSW
 128/21 MOUNT WELLINGTON Southeast TAS
118/23 MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE Southeast TAS
115/01 TASMAN ISLAND Southeast TAS
113/00 WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE W Gippsland VIC
109/00 CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) Southeast TAS
102/01 CAPE GRIM BAPS N Coast TAS
102/00 HOGAN ISLAND Islands ISL
102/17 HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) Southeast TAS
94/13 SWAN ISLAND E Coast TAS
93/22 HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) Southeast TAS

Downpours High AWS wind reports
High rainfall for periods of 6 hours or less from AWS and synoptic reports. Storm force gusts (>89km/h) and 10-minute mean gales (>62km/h) reported by AWSs. Wind direction and mean windspeed are shown in brackets.
NORTHERN TERRITORY
N Rivers
DUM IN MIRRIE AWS
60.0mm in 3 hr to 12:00 20.0mm/h

VICTORIA
E Gippsland
GABO ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 83(250/ 65 ) at 01:30
W Gippsland
WILSONS PROMONTORY LIGHTHOUSE : 113(250/ 70 ) at 00:46
KINGFISH B SHIP LOG 272 : 87(249/ 70 ) at 01:10
TASMANIA
N Coast
CAPE GRIM BAPS : 102(220/ 80 ) at 02:00
E Coast
SWAN ISLAND : 95(270/ 72 ) at 13:00
Southeast
HOBART (ELLERSLIE ROAD) : 93(270/ 45 ) at 22:12
MAATSUYKER ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE : 119(310/100 ) at 23:14
MOUNT WELLINGTON : 126(250/ 98 ) at 17:30
TASMAN ISLAND : 119(210/ 58 ) at 00:00
HARTZ MOUNTAIN (KEOGHS PIMPLE) : 100(250/ 74 ) at 17:30
CAPE BRUNY (CAPE BRUNY) : 100(250/ 85 ) at 01:00
DROUGHTY HILL : 109(230/ 74 ) at 18:10
Central Plateau
LIAWENEE : 87(230/ 63 ) at 04:30
W Coast
SCOTTS PEAK DAM : 83(300/ 63 ) at 22:39
MOUNT READ : 87(230/ 67 ) at 15:01
Flinders Is/Bass St
FLINDERS ISLAND AIRPORT : 82(260/ 65 ) at 16:00
ISLANDS
Islands
HOGAN ISLAND : 102(250/ 83 ) at 00:04